Lu Xiwen

Lu Xiwen (July 1955-) was the Deputy Party Secretary of Beijing from April 2013 to November 2015, succeeding Ji Lin.

Biography
Lu Xiwen was born in July 1955 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. She was a member of manual labor production teams in rural Beijing during the Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong, and in April 1982 she joined the Communist Party of China. In April 2013 she succeeded Ji Lin as the Deputy Party Secretary of Beijing, the capital of China, and along with Chen Yiqin she was one of only two females to be provincial-level deputy party secretaries.

Lu Xiwen was one of the politicians that were investigated for corruption in November 2015, including allegations that she lived a life of luxury and pleasure-seeking in which she attended private clubs, lost control of her staff, and interfered with law enforcement and the market economy. She dodged investigation, leading to her removal as Deputy Party Secretary. On 5 January 2015 she was expelled from the party for these offenses.